1853–1932
Wilhelm Ostwald
Baltic German chemist
78years old at death
28,703days lived
67%of the people on this site died younger
Wilhelm Ostwald was born on 2 September 1853 and died on 4 April 1932, aged 78 years and 215 days. That is 28,703 days in all.
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- Joseph Roth ↗Austrian novelist and journalist · 1894–193944 yrs
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